Shloka 32
मृत्यु-काल-प्रबोधनम् (Instruction on Mortality, Time, and Truth) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 169
तस्य क्षयमुपागम्य ततो भिक्षामयाचत । प्रतिश्रयं च वासार्थ भिक्षां चैवाथ वार्षिकीम्
tasya kṣayam upāgamya tato bhikṣām ayācata | pratiśrayaṃ ca vāsārthaṃ bhikṣāṃ caivātha vārṣikīm ||
যেতিয়া তাৰ সঞ্চয় ক্ষয় পালে, তেতিয়া সি ভিক্ষা যাচনা কৰিলে। বাসৰ বাবে আশ্ৰয় আৰু এক বছৰৰ নিৰ্বাহৰ যোগ্য ভিক্ষাও সি প্ৰাৰ্থনা কৰিলে।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores dharmic dependence and humility in hardship: when resources end, one seeks support through rightful means (begging and requesting shelter), and it also frames charity and hospitality as ethical responses that sustain social and spiritual order.
A person whose provisions have run out approaches others to request alms, along with lodging and enough support to live for a year, setting up an episode about how aid is given and what it reveals about virtue and conduct.